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Red Jaguars

Black Lincoln.
Gold Cadillac.
Red Jaguar.
Silver Rolls Royce.
100,000 dollar house in the upper part of town
700,000 dollar church in the upper part of town
For the upper people.
Prophet,
Poet,
Philosopher.
What has become?
What have you done?
Where have you gone?
To the upper part of town.
Mystic,
Writer of poetry,
Students merely.
Social cocktail parties,
Bed on Sunday,
Work on Monday.
Uptown bars,
Red Jaguars.

 

 

© 1986 Thomas A. Ekkens

This poem is from Collected Poetry of Thomas A. Ekkens—Early Works.

Above photo: Dream Machine